Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books
Indlæser... Richard Nickel's Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City (udgave 2008)af Richard Cahan, Michael Williams
Work InformationRichard Nickel's Chicago: Photographs of a Lost City af Richard Cahan
Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Richard Nickel is an urban legend of sorts. He is remembered for his brave and lonely stand to protect Chicago's great architecture, and for his dramatic death in the rubble of the Stock Exchange Building. He is remembered, too, for the photographs he left behind. This is a book about one man's relationship with his city, a remarkably personal story told through compelling photographs. Richard Nickel's Chicago is for people who love the city, and for people all over the world who value city life. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsIngenPopulære omslag
Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)977.311History and Geography North America Midwestern U.S. Illinois Cook; Chicago ChicagoLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
Er det dig?Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter. |
For me, it's especially interesting since Nickel was active in the time when I worked in the downtown area, roughly 1958-1983 (minus a couple years). On the sunny side, I did get to see many of the buildings first hand and one of my favorites, the Rookery Building on LaSalle Street, still exists and was renovated maybe 20 or so years ago. The interior of that building is stunning, I think. If you have nothing to do on a rainy afternoon Google image search "Rookery Building, Chicago" and you will be rewarded with many fine images.
Included are some photos of people in Chicago and some non-architectural items. Nickel was a wonderful photographer with a good eye for setting, angle, subject matter and the like. Especially for Chicagoans of a certain age, this is a reminder of how much of the architectural heritage of Chicago was lost.
Richard Nickel was killed in 1972 when a floor collapsed above him in Louis Sullivan's Chicago Stock Exchange Building which was then being demolished. The trading room of the Chicago Stock Exchange lives on at the Art Institute of Chicago.
If you are interested in Chicago architecture, the Chicago Architecture Foundation's tours and literature are valuable. The tours are especially interesting, fun and informative. ( )